Chapter 449: A Hundred Years of Wisteria
"The Krakens want to grab seabird eggs?" Mu Wan suddenly realized. She thinks she knows something about the demon clan. They are not profitable. Just a "fun" is not enough to attract the nearby krakens to come and watch the excitement.
Xiangxiang shook her head: "They want to." However, the seabird demon is too strong, and they can't grab it. They came mainly for the scorched medicine plaster. β
It should be that the krakens in Scorpion Beach value the roasted medicine plaster very much and block the relevant news, so even she couldn't inquire about it. Fortunately, she arrived here in advance and checked the memories of the trees over there, and learned that the key point of the entire fire festival was those inconspicuous medicinal plasters.
When the outer wrapped puree is roasted and half wet and half dry, the seabird fairies will gouge out the seabird eggs. They peeled off the mud outside, threw it into the fire, and left the beach with the eggs.
When they are all back in the woods, the Krakens lurking in the surrounding waters will rush ashore. They will fight for the medicine plaster in the fire, and fight to the death. In the end, the fire was extinguished, and it was often the strongest kraken who carved up the scorched medicine plaster. And there are many kraken corpses left on the beach, as well as seriously injured people who cannot move.
What these krakens didn't know was that after they had gone far, the sea bird demons who had returned to the woods earlier would go out in a group of men, women, and children, and happily pick up all the corpses and seriously injured people on the beach.
These will all be reduced to the ingredients of their whole people. The seabird fairies cut it into pieces and roasted them carefully. Like a festival, the whole tribe went up and down the sea to eat and drink all day. All kinds of meat that cannot be eaten are first marinated with sea salt for three days. It is then spread out on the beach to dry, and finally strung with vines and hung on a shack. For more than two months, the island was in dry season, and these dry goods were the rations of the whole family.
After listening to this, Mu Wan was dumbfounded, and it took a while to come back to her senses. She asked curiously, "Do you know the recipe for preparing the medicinal mud?" β
Xiangxiang shook her head: "I can't find out." The Krakens nearby are all coming up with ideas. They went back and forth, using all kinds of methods, but they couldn't get a solution. In the seabird demon, only the priest knows the recipe. Collecting, dispensing, and mudding. Every step of the way. The priests were hands-on. The last two steps, in particular, were done by the priest alone in a small stone hut that had been specially built. Outside the stone house, the strongest warriors in the clan guarded it. In order to prevent the krakens from peeping into trees and vines, the stone house is within 30 zhang of the perimeter. Even cleaned up cleanly. Not even a single grass can be left. So. Xiangxiang can't find out. The recipe for the medicinal mud is the top secret of the Seabird Demon Clan, and there is no one. β
Mu Wan exhaled a breath of turbidity. This prescription is related to the food rations of the whole clan for several months, in exchange for her. It is also necessary to protect it as the root of life, and dare not make the slightest mistake.
Suddenly remembering the three century-old wisteria that she had dug up earlier, she slapped her head and exclaimed, "Oops"! Wisteria is a good medicine for analgesic and hemostasis, but it has medicinal value only if it is more than 100 years old. If it is burned with fire, it will also confuse the mind and magnify the desire in the depths of the heart. The medicinal mud can make the krakens so crazy, and they can't be mixed with some wisteria. No wonder those wisteria in the grass grow so well, nine times out of ten they were specially planted by the seabird demons.
"What's wrong?" Xiangxiang's heart suddenly fell. She rarely saw her master lose his temper like this.
Mu Wan quickly cleaned up the footprints and other traces left in the grass, and said with a wry smile: "I may have just inadvertently poached the big treasure of the seabird demons. "Say, use your divine sense to contact Black Night and Chang Long: Come back quickly!
In less than three breaths, two figures flew down from the top of the mountain. It's the night and the dragon.
"What's the matter, girl?" The two asked in unison.
Mu Wan didn't care to explain, and ordered, "Let's leave this island first." I'll explain it to you later. In the dark, you cleaned up all the breath we left on the island. β
Seeing this, Chang Long didn't say a word, glanced at Xiangxiang, and the two entered the space.
The night nodded yes, opening his mouth to suck in the remaining breath of the four.
Mu Wan hurriedly walked to the beach, took out the "waves", put them into the sea, and jumped on them. After thinking about it, she took out a jade box from the storage space of her left wrist guard, erased the traces and breath left on it, and threw it into the sunny grass with her backhand.
"Let's go!" The dark night body shook, pulled out a string of black afterimages, caught up with her, and also dodged into the space.
Mu Wan stepped on the "waves" and left at full speed. According to the map of the islands in this area collected by Xiangxiang, one hundred and fifty miles to the northwest, there is another small island called Changye Island.
About the time of a pillar of incense, many black dots appeared on the distant horizon. The sea-bird demons who had gone out flew back in droves. As soon as they hit the beach, they turned into blue-mouthed, red-haired men, women, and children. Each person had some small red berries wrapped in broadleaves. Soon, the originally quiet island instantly became lively.
A young girl with waist-length red hair looked at the food in her hand, sighed, ran to a lean middle-aged man, and asked in a childish voice, "Lord Priest, there are so few red jade fruits picked today, there is not enough to fill your stomach." How much do you have to offer to the god of fire? β
The men, women, and children around all looked at the priest with small bags of leaves in their hands.
The priest glanced at her and said softly, "Xiao Le'er, the more difficult the time, the more we must show all our sincerity to worship the god of fire. In this way, the almighty, merciful god of fire will bless us and give us a good harvest in the festival of fire. All the people will survive this year's dry season. As he spoke, he took out a bucket bowl made of a white conch shell, divided seventy percent of the red jade fruit he brought back, and poured it into the bowl, "Today's offering is seventy percent of the harvest." β
The little girl bowed her head, gritted her teeth, opened her leaf bag, and like him, she also separated seventy percent of the red jade fruit from it and poured it into the bucket bowl.
However, it doesn't look like a very big bucket bowl, but it can't even cover the shallow bottom of the bowl.
"Little Le'er, the god of fire will protect you." The priest held out a hand and stroked the top of the little girl's head.
The little girl glanced at the red jade fruit in the bucket bowl with some reluctance. Licking his lips, he left with the remaining dozen red jade fruits.
The other seabird demons around also lined up, one by one, and poured seventy percent of today's harvest into the white jade bucket bowl.
In the end, the priest collected a flat bowl of red jade fruit and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
When all the people had returned to their huts to rest, he flew alone to the other side of the island to tend to the wisteria he had planted.
As soon as he walked to the sunny grass, he saw three new pits in the grass, and the small stone hoe in his hand fell to the ground.
"Who is it! Who did it! His face turned pale. Jump in front of the three new pits in the shape of a pin shape. Trembling deeply.
At this moment, a step away, a dazzling light in the grass came into his eyes.
The priest frowned. Grab it in the air.
This is a white jade box. He had seen it in the market at Scorpion Beach. Very valuable. Put food or herbs in it. It can be stored for a long time.
How could there be a white jade box in the grass? Has anyone been here? He opened the jade box suspiciously.
There's a whole 100-year-old wisteria coiled inside!
Vulcan Protection!
And one more!
The priest shook off in a cold sweat. put down the white jade box and smiled from the bottom of my heart. He carefully loosened the wisteria and replanted it into one of the new pits. Wisteria itself is extremely vigorous. What's more, the roots of this plant are wrapped in dirt.
After planting, he picked up the jade box and sniffed it under his nose, trying to find out the breath of the person who stole the medicine. However, after sniffing for a while, he didn't find anything.
He searched the grass again.
At this time, Mu Wan had already arrived at Changye Island. The island is small, less than a tenth the size of the Flame Island. The vegetation on the island is dense and narrow, like a long green leaf floating on the sea. I think this is where the name of the island comes from.
Under the shade of a tree, Mu Wan explained the reason.
After listening, Xiangxiang said: "The wisteria that is more than 100 years old is ground into powder, and it will catch fire when it encounters fire. When burning, the smoke emitted is colorless and odorless. Hearing it can make people fantasize and be excited. If you eat for a long time, you can become addicted. β
Chang Long let out an "oh" and nodded: "It can be seen that there must be a certain amount of hundred-year-old wisteria powder mixed in the medicinal mud." β
Heiye asked, "Girl, what was in the jade box you threw back before you left?" β
Mu Wan replied: "A hundred-year-old wisteria." β
When Chang Long heard this, his eyes were full of respect, and he praised: "The girl is kind, and this move is very praised." "Otherwise, the Sea Bird Demon Clan is in danger. As for the Krakens who were used as reserve food...... The law of the jungle is the way of heaven. There's no way around it.
A bright light flashed under the eyes of the night, thoughtful.
Xiangxiang stroked her palms and smiled: "Sister, what do you want to do with the remaining two?" "Wisteria is a medicinal material that Donghuazhou does not have, and she has the heart to transplant one in the medicine garden of the space.
has been getting along day and night for decades, how can Mu Wan not know this little bit of careful thinking? Yes, he said with a smile: "I have one to make medicinal herbs." There's another plant, you can take it and transplant it. Immediately, he took out a jade box containing a hundred-year-old wisteria and handed it to her.
"Okay." Xiangxiang got a new spirit plant species, and smiled so much that she couldn't see her teeth.
With nine days to go until the Fire Festival, some of the people who had escaped from the Immortal Monarchs decided to wander around the nearby islands. While gaining a long insight, I also tried my luck to see if I could collect rare medicinal materials.
There is incense, and there are kinds of spiritual plants on the island, which can be seen at a glance. For example, Nagaba Island. Xiangxiang glanced at it and said, "It's all weeds and trees." However, it was a storm just a few days ago, and some delicious wild mushrooms have grown, containing a hint of wood aura, and it should be good to use it for stew. β
So, the four of them separated and collected a hundred pounds of wild mushroomsβjust after the rain, under the trees, and everywhere in the grass were full of wild mushrooms. According to Xiangxiang's previous temperament, if you don't collect one or two thousand catties, you won't stop. However, knowing that the Seabird Demon Clan was having a hard time, they were worried that these wild mushrooms were also their food for their livelihood, so they only picked a little bit.
A small portion is used for stew, and most of it is cleaned up, spread out in a white cloth, and spread out in the sun. The sun here is very strong, and it is sunburned in half a day.
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A certain peak thanks to the book friend book friend 160403141516114, the grass butterfly, the gift of the moonlight frost, thank you book friend Moon Night Zero, the insect in the book 07, Ruo Wanxi, Bifan Far Shadow month/ticket, thank you! (To be continued.) )